From Comics to Trading From Comics to Trading

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Teaching New Literacies Using Teaching New Literacies Using ReadWriteThink.org

Emily ManningLee Elementary

Denton, Texas

From Comics to Trading From Comics to Trading CardsCards

ReadWriteThink.org highlightsReadWriteThink.org highlights

• What is it?– A free website produced by IRA and NCTE and

supported by the Verizon Foundation as part of the Thinkfinity Program

• What does it offer?– Research-based lessons– Internet integration

• Who is it for?– K-12 teachers– Afterschool programs– Parents and mentors

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Fractured Fairy Tale ToolFractured Fairy Tale Toolhttp://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=62

• Plan and write fractured fairy tales

• Helps to teach

•Plot

•Setting

•Character

•Point of view

•Higher-order thinking

• Works with different settings

•Small or whole group

•General ed. or special programs

Fractured Fairy Tale ToolFractured Fairy Tale Toolhttp://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=62

New Literacies• Publish to blogs or webpages• Collaborate with other classes• Create script for digital narratives

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Plan and write your own fractured fairy tale!

Try it Out and CreateTry it Out and Create

Character Trading CardsCharacter Trading Cardshttp://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=56

• Integrates popular culture texts

• Helps to teach characterization– Traits– Motives– Relationships

• Serves as prewriting or literature response

New Literacies

•Publish original works of fiction to:

•Blogs

•Podcasts

•Online children’s sites

•Collaborate with classmates

Character Trading CardsCharacter Trading Cardshttp://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=56

Try it Out and CreateTry it Out and Create

Use a character from your fractured fairy tale to create a Character

Trading Card

More Student MaterialsMore Student Materials

                                                   

• Comic Creator– http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?

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• Letter Generator– http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?

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• Diamante Poems– http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?

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• Crossword Puzzles– http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?

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Try it Out and CreateTry it Out and Create

Try out another Student Material. See if you can include characters

from your fractured fairy tale.

Some of my favorite lessonsSome of my favorite lessons

• Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images (K-2)

• 3,2,1…Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Trip to the Moon (K-2)

• Is Superman Really That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes (3-5)

• Writing a Movie: Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script (3-5)

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